Details of Balance Sheet (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

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Details of Balance Sheet

	2014			2013
Receivables:
Accounts	$	347,259		$	292,469
Notes		6,339			9,467
Other		16,733			11,036
		370,331			312,972
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(4,487	)		(4,265	)
	$	365,844		$	308,707
Inventories:
Raw materials and component parts	$	86,573		$	81,943
Work-in-process		27,994			34,756
Finished goods		130,544			115,078
		245,111			231,777
Obsolescence and other reserves		(26,744	)		(26,579	)
LIFO reserve		(7,496	)		(6,797	)
	$	210,871		$	198,401
Property, plant and equipment:
Land	$	10,216		$	10,383
Land improvements		3,827			3,849
Buildings		141,880			127,178
Machinery and equipment		319,110			294,374
Enterprise management system		44,682			43,983
Construction-in-progress		27,419			21,251
Leased property under capitalized leases		27,715			26,838
		574,849			527,856
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(350,410	)		(326,877	)
	$	224,439		$	200,979
Accrued liabilities:
Salaries and other compensation	$	57,722		$	44,561
Pension and retirement		1,738			720
Taxes other than income taxes		6,367			5,570
Other		71,174			59,677
	$	137,001		$	110,528